Texas Legislature
Bills Sponsored / Joint Sponsored
Number of Bills: 58Sponsor (58):
Author:
Thompson, Senfronia | Bonnen | Goldman | Coleman | Meyer
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Texas brain university research initiative.
Author:
Oliverson | Bonnen | Collier | Canales | Burrows
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to establishment of the prescription drug savings program for certain uninsured individuals.
Author:
Rose | Thompson, Senfronia | Walle | Thierry | Reynolds
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the provision of certain benefits under Medicaid and the Healthy Texas Women program, including the transition of case management for children and pregnant women program services and Healthy Texas Women program services to a managed care program.
Author:
Reynolds | Shaheen | White | Collier | Lopez
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to a study to evaluate state and local regulation of group homes.
Author:
Cortez | Rose | Oliverson | Johnson, Ann | Frank
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the period of continuous eligibility and a periodic eligibility review for a child for Medicaid.
Author:
Harless | Martinez Fischer | Moody | Raney | Walle
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/04/2021 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the entry into the Texas Crime Information Center of certain information regarding orders imposing a condition of bond in a criminal case involving a violent offense.
Author:
Morrison | Gates | Guillen
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/04/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the municipal fees charged to certain air conditioning and refrigeration contractors.
Author:
Jetton | Harris | Lozano
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/09/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to persons permitted to be in a polling place or a place where ballots are being counted.
Author:
Jetton | Metcalf | Bell, Cecil
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the requirements for meetings held and Internet websites developed by certain special purpose districts.
Author:
Leman
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/04/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the membership of the board of managers for certain emergency communication districts.
Author:
Cyrier
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/18/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the protection of animal and crop facilities; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Leman
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/04/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the number of signatures required on a petition filed in connection with an election to create certain hospital districts.
Author:
Allison | Middleton | Pacheco
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/13/2021 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to guardianships of the person of wards with profound intellectual disabilities who are minors or were minors when their guardianship proceedings commenced.
Author:
Harris
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/07/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the use of the water infrastructure fund.
Author:
Schofield
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the civil liability of a children's isolation unit in a hospital.
Author:
Jetton | Sherman, Sr. | Sanford
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/07/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to a grant program for law enforcement agencies to defray the cost of data storage for recordings created with body worn cameras.
Author:
Klick
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to public access to certain hospital investigation information and materials.
Author:
Stephenson | Reynolds | Ramos
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to notification by the Department of State Health Services and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of incidents of Naegleria fowleri.
Author:
Morrison
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/04/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the designation of the portion of U.S. Highway 77 in Refugio County as the Second Lieutenant Lloyd "Pete" Hughes Medal of Honor Memorial Highway.
Author:
Frullo | Larson | Zwiener | Guillen
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/07/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the slaughter and processing of exotic animals for donation to a nonprofit food bank.
Author:
Gates | Frank | Leman | Minjarez | Rose
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to procedures in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Author:
Sanford | Hull | Noble | Gates
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/07/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to efficiency audits of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Author:
Frank
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the Medicaid program, including the administration and operation of the Medicaid managed care program.
Author:
Leman
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/15/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the jurisdiction and management of the Star of the Republic Museum by the Texas Historical Commission.
Author:
Morrison | Harless
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to eligibility for a loan under the disaster recovery loan program.
Author:
Deshotel | Burns | Geren | King, Ken | Canales
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective on 1/1/22
Caption:
Relating to the acquisition of real property by an entity with eminent domain authority and the regulation of easement or right-of-way agents.
Author:
Jetton
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the appointment and removal of directors of a levee improvement district; validating certain appointments and actions of certain levee improvement districts.
Author:
Frank | Minjarez | Hull | Gates
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/04/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the provision of certain services by the Department of Family and Protective Services as an alternative to removing a child and certain procedures with respect to children in the managing conservatorship of the department.
Author:
Coleman | Hernandez | Price
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/14/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the administration of certain mental health grant programs established by the Health and Human Services Commission.
Author:
Bell, Cecil | Oliverson
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Harris-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District No. 7; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Klick
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the composition of the Long-Term Care Facilities Council and rules related to and the imposition of administrative penalties against certain long-term care facilities.
Author:
Klick
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to authorizing the electronic transmission of certain communications related to the prevention of communicable diseases.
Author:
Leman | Bell, Keith | Gates | Smith | Middleton
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the duty to report child abuse and neglect.
Author:
Bell, Cecil
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 40; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Hunter
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the requirement that certain persons taking oysters on a licensed commercial oyster boat obtain a commercial fisherman's license.
Author:
Kacal
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the sale and purchase of certain fish.
Author:
Hunter
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the commercial oyster mariculture advisory board.
Author:
Frank | Minjarez | Gates
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the statewide implementation of community-based foster care by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Author:
King, Ken
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the state historic sites and parks under the jurisdiction of the Texas Historical Commission.
Author:
Frank | González, Mary | Noble | Guillen | Capriglione
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to long-term care facilities for and Medicaid waiver programs available to certain individuals, including individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Author:
Ellzey | Thompson, Senfronia | Johnson, Ann | Frullo
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/04/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the inclusion of information for reporting suspicious activity to the Department of Public Safety on certain human trafficking signs or notices.
Author:
Smith
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the operation of a vehicle or combination of vehicles on a state highway or farm or ranch road at a weight that exceeds the maximum weight authorized for the road; imposing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Frank
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to certain procurements by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Author:
Burrows
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/18/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21
Caption:
Relating to the notice of entry for the purpose of exercising the power of eminent domain by a common carrier pipeline.
Author:
Turner, John
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/08/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the dissemination of confidential information contained in the juvenile justice information system.
Author:
Klick | Oliverson | Howard | Jetton | Guerra
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/29/2021 H Senate appoints conferees-reported
Caption:
Relating to requirements for and prohibited uses of information contained in the immunization registry.
Author:
Stephenson
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/24/2021 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 24 2021 4:58PM
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 232; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes.
Author:
Jetton
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 251; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Oliverson
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 164; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Oliverson
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 576; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Gates
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 249; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Gates
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 246; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Leman
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/22/2021 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 22 2021 9:28PM
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Austin County Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Stephenson
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 250; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Bell, Cecil
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 38; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Stephenson
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/15/2021 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 253; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Stephenson | Ashby | Parker | Stucky
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/18/2021 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Supporting prayers, including the use of the word "God," at public gatherings and displays of the Ten Commandments in public educational institutions and other government buildings.
Author:
Stephenson
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/19/2021 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Congratulating Merle Reue Hudgins of Wharton on receiving the Yellow Rose of Texas Award.